48 Quotes by Joseph Lowery

We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right.

When we got to Washington that day and discovered people coming in trucks and buses and on planes, in cars, even some came on bicycles and skates -- we were overwhelmed by that response,

would do a lot for his soul and his salvation.

make sure there's no abuse of citizens who want to exercise their right to vote.

She also gave impetus to the move to start the holiday. They could say no to John Conyers, but it wasn't the same as saying no to King's widow. She was a powerful force in getting that legislation through. She provided the opportunity for politicians to favor it without seeming to favor the agitators.

He's certainly been exposed to the civil rights community in unparalleled fashion, ... The name Martin Luther King still has some magic.

He missed an opportunity to name somebody to the courts with the spirit of Rosa Parks, with diversity and minority rights.

Here's a man who may have a major-league arm, but he's got a bush-league attitude.

I think (they waited) because they still had others to interview ... and at the time Mr. King was still weighing the possibility himself, ... His experience has given him more training than anyone else.